AS A REFLECTION OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ON EDUCATION; SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Happiness and subjective well-being are concepts that have been the subject of research since the earliest times of humanity. In addition to these two concepts in many fields, especially Philosophy, concepts such as meaningful life, ideal life, and life satisfaction have been discussed in many dimensions and different ideas have emerged on these issues. As a concept, happiness is an element that is difficult to make an acceptable definition by everyone. When the process we call life is considered, it is assumed that many actions are carried out in order to reach the feeling of happiness we mentioned. In general, the concept of happiness is a feeling in itself and the situation that happens at the moment that feeling occurs. The satisfaction that individuals or individuals feel about their lives is known as subjective well-being. Individuals are happy to the extent that they evaluate their living standards positively. According to Seligman, "Happiness" is often used by psychologists as it is a popular term expressing general life evaluations such as pleasant moods and feelings experienced at any given moment (positive affect), life satisfaction or subjective well-being but it doesn't work for more sensitive communication. On the other hand, subjective well-being is an umbrella term used to describe the level of well-being that people experience according to their subjective evaluation of their lives. From this point of view, subjective well-being addresses the well-being of individuals in a more inclusive way. The aim of this study is to compile information on the concept of subjective well-being in education.